Weather and Climate Summative Assessment

Question 1

Aspect

Answer 1

Facing north or south

Question 2

Shelter

Answer 2

blocks and protects weather condition

Question 3

Physical Features

Answer 3

natural features on earth such as a large body or water or mountain

Question 4

Surface

Answer 4

area on a map which shows information or data

Question 5

Weather

Answer 5

day-to-day (average) conditions

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

longer term conditions, overall

Question 7

Tropical continental

Answer 7

warm and dry (Mediterranean, Africa)

Question 8

Polar continental

Answer 8

cold and dry (Russia, Scandanavian)

Question 9

Tropical maratine

Answer 9

warm and wet (Carribean, Central America)

Question 10

Polar maratine

Answer 10

cold and wet (Arctic)

Question 11

Temperature

Answer 11

how hot or cold something is

Question 12

Precipitation

Answer 12

rainfall coming down from clouds

Question 13

Cloud

Answer 13

condensed water vapour

Question 14

Air Pressure

Answer 14

how much air is pushing down

Question 15

Wind Direction

Answer 15

the direction (N,S,E,W) that the wind is flowing

Question 16

Wind Speed

Answer 16

the speed (MPH, KPH) that the wind is travelling

Question 17

Low pressure

Answer 17

when air above is rising so less its pressing down

Question 18

High pressure

Answer 18

when air above is falling so less its pushing up

Question 19

Anticyclone

Answer 19

weight above is pushing down

Question 20

High pressure in summer

Answer 20

sunny, dry, no cloud or wind

Question 21

High pressure in winter

Answer 21

cold, dry and cloudy

Question 22

Fog

Answer 22

an aerosol made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals

Question 23

Smog

Answer 23

type of air pollution caused by nitrogen oxide

Question 24

Prevailing wind

Answer 24

wind that blows from a single direction

Question 25

Isobars

Answer 25

lines on weather maps which the amount of pressure in an area

Question 26

Cause

Answer 26

the reason why something happened

Question 27

Effects

Answer 27

the damage or impact on people and environment

Question 28

Social

Answer 28

affecting people

Question 29

Economic

Answer 29

related to money

Question 30

Environmental

Answer 30

related to the environment

Question 31

Meteoroligist

Answer 31

someone who tells the weather

Question 32

Greenhouse effect

Answer 32

solar radiation hits earth, try to rebound off but the carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere traps the heat in like glass in a greenhouse

Question 33

Greenhouse gases

Answer 33

Methane, Carbon dioxide, Water Vapour

Question 34

Solar radiation

Answer 34

heat from the sun

Question 35

Response

Answer 35

try and solve the problem

Question 36

Impact

Answer 36

what happened because of the event

Question 37

Relief Rainfall

Answer 37

when air is forced to cool as it rises over the top of a mountain

Question 38

Frontal rainfall

Answer 38

when cool air hits warm air at the same time

Question 39

Convectional rainfall

Answer 39

when the heated air rises with water vapour and gets condesned when it reaches a higher altitude

Question 40

Anemometer

Answer 40

a device used to measure wind speed

Question 41

Hydrometer

Answer 41

a device used to measure the humidity